Read the excerpt from It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference. At 10:30, students from all grades packed
themselves into the lab. Andy stood up and reported what was happening, then read his letter aloud and asked for suggestions to improve it. There were a few. Then he asked for, and got, the students' unanimous approval to have it read at halftime. The author’s purpose in this excerpt is to include facts and details about what it takes to bring people together. create a suspenseful moment that prompts readers’ emotions. encourage readers to do something about what they believe in. describe to readers an environment where people work together.
It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference (& How they are doing it) is a book written by Phillip M. Hoose and its main discussion is racism and how it is being fought by young people.
The excerpt refers to encourage readers to do something about what they believed in. As a victim of racism, Andy was one of the persons who took action against it, putting his personal ideas on top of many things. Through this story, the author shows how our communities can change if we are congruent with what we do and what we think, even if it takes a hard time.
The author’s purpose in the above excerpt is to encourage readers to do something about what they believe in.
In the story, “It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference,” racism is at the heart of the problem. The purpose of writing the story was that he wanted to tell the readers about the ways the young people are working to bring change in the world. The story encourages the readers to act on their thoughts and beliefs. Though Neto was not supported by his coach and others, still he decided to take his stand.
